Eclipse maven plugin how to add jar?

Question

I got my first Maven Project in Eclipse.

Now I want to add some jar file dependencies. Usually I have created a lib path and copied my .jar files inside of the lib path, which then are added to the class-path.

Now in Maven there is this dependency management and a static folder structure.

I am very new to Maven and would like to know how I can put my jar dependencies to the Maven Project.

I already found a "Add Dependency" on the pom.xml configurator panel. But there is only j-unit listed on it. So how do I proceed?

I have all jars I need already on my machine.

Answer 1

If you want add a jar search that jar as maven in Maven website. For example if i want to add an Mysql dependecy jar in maven i could refer here.

http://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java/5.1.6

Similarly you can search for such jars in maven where you get below details.

<dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    <version>5.1.6</version>
</dependency>

add this code in your Pom.xml file.

In order to add other jars search for respective jars in maven where you could find requested maven dependency.

Answer 2

You should find the jar on a public repository or you can add the libs on your personal reposioty on your machine

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=<path-to-file> -DgroupId=<group-id> \
-DartifactId=<artifact-id> -Dversion=<version> -Dpackaging=<packaging>